1843 - William Samuel Henson (1805-1888) receives the patent and publishes in London his design for an Aerial Steam Carriage. This is the 1st reasoned, formulated, and detailed design for a propeller-driven aircraft.

1912 - Birth of Marina Mikhailovna Raskova, famous Russian navigator, often referred to as the "Russian Amelia Earhart". She later became one of over 800,000 women in the military service, founding three female air regiments which would eventually fly over 30,000 sorties in World War II

1925 - 1st flight ofThe Fokker D.XIV, fighter aircraft developed in the Netherlands but which was only produced as a single prototype. It was a low-wing, cantilever monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage, derived from the Fokker V.25 that had been developed during World War I.

1931 - 1st flight of The Mitsubishi Type 92 (2MR8), Japanese parasol monoplane short-range reconnaissance aircraft , 1st military aircraft powered by an engine both designed and manufactured in Japan to enter service.

1932 - Irkut Corporation, Russian aircraft manufacturer, member of the United Aircraft Corporation is formed . It is best known as being the manufacturer of the Sukhoi Su-30 family of interceptor/ground-attack aircraft.

1936 - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) commences operational use of the newly constructed 8-ft.-high speed tunnel (8-Foot HST) at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley, Virginia. Built as a companion to the full scale tunnel capable of simulated speeds of up to 118 mph, the new facility can test models and components to 577 mph (Mach 0.75).

1961 - CSA Flight 511 Ilyushin Il-18 crashed in Gräfenberg near Nürnberg, killing all 52. German investigation commission stated that the primary cause of the accident was a pilot error or an autopilot malfunction. Soviet investigators refused this conclusion and stated that the accident was caused by an explosion near a tail of the plane. The plane was shot down according to the Soviets. Czechoslovakia accepted the German report 2.5 years after the crash